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Happiness is not about pleasure, dopamine hits, peak experiences and feeling good. True happiness is about inner peace, silence, equanimity regardless of your external circumstances.

If you love yourself, you love everybody else. Get comfortable with the uncomfortable until the uncomfortable becomes comfortable. Suffering is necessary until you realize it's not.

@Javfly33 Well, this whole thing is not black and white as we tried to point out. But okay, if we want to simplify things, you have two options. Either you keep living your ordinary life in society, you go to work, you socialize, etc. You'll have addictions, you'll struggle with everyday life, and you'll experience suffering on a daily basis. You'll feel like this whole life is just a drag. Like what the 98% of humanity is doing. Or you can go to a monastery, meditate several hours a day, thus you don't have to worry about external things like stimulation, food, sex, relationships. Do that for several years or even decades and then maybe you'll have to chance to bliss out for days on end just by sitting. The choice is yours. If you want to do the two at the same time, you'll have to bite the bullet and try to find a balance.

Of course he does

@Javfly33 You're pretty much conflating the Absolute with the relative. The first part (you're God, you're complete, etc) is completely true, however, in the relative domain (i.e. ego) we tend to have tons of layers of social conditioning, traumas, various tendencies, different personality types and so on. The point I'm driving at here is that it's your job to find a balance between the two. It's not black and white as some radical neo-advaitans say. If you don't have your survival needs handled properly, it makes little sense to say stuff like you're God/Love/Infinity, nothing to do, nothing to achieve. The more you work on relative aspect (along with rigorous spiritual practises), the more you realize the Absolute and the more you're satisfied with the present moment regardless of your current circumstances.

Yup. That's why shadow work is crucial. Before and after awakening.

Leo brilliantly explained this very thing in his episode of "Root Solution to Loneliness".

Watch this video and pay close attention to it. It may give you some insights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-XGCP4r6Vc

What makes you think that Truth makes you miserable?

Respect for the self-reflection ?

Here's what reality is in a nutshell:

Where's the boundary between "internal" world and "external" world?

Man, this is some inspiring stuff right there. Great report! Your overall message really resonates with me. This is real, mature spirituality. ?

Paul Chek is one of my favorites, he's crazy-wise. He usually talks about all kinds of stuff, like fitness, health, spirituality (goes beyond yellow too) and various kind of practises related to self-development.

Shadow Work Time

I guess this whole solipsism issue boils down to what you identify with: A) Relative domain/ego -> This can be a huge trap. Beliving that my separate self or POV is the only thing in existence and other people are just figments of my imagination. Actually a belief which has the power to drive you insane. B) Absolute/God -> Well, this is the truth. Can't really be conceptualized and highly paradoxical. Nahm summarized it perfectly by saying "We're all alone together".

I'm perfect by being imperfect.

You're doing God's work son (literally )

Now that you've had this massive awakening, how's your everyday life? What about your relationships with family/spouse/friends (even if they are not "real")? Can you handle your emotions well? (Serious question).

The observer is the observed.

@Barbara Glad I could help! It's natural that your mind is more relaxed and focused if your body is also relaxed. They're not two, separate "things". About timing, well, you'll have to experiment. Personally, I meditate twice a day, one session in the morning, one in the afternoon.

1. Treat it like a physical training. Do some warm up exercises beforehand (stretching, yoga, qigong, foam roller, etc). If yo do that, you'll have to actually prepare for your practise, not just randomly sitting down whenever you feel like it. Plus these warm up exercises make your body loose and relaxed. It can make your meditation so much better. 2. The satisfaction/enjoyment factor is huge. See Leo's episode about satisfaction meditation. Do you enjoy your practise? Do you find joy every single time you sit down? How do you feel afterwards? 3. Think of meditation as the most important part of your day and treat it as such (I know it's easier said than done, but still). 4. Get some books and study them. Leo has some nices ones on his booklist, but you can also check out Culadasa's The Mind Illuminated. It's a dense book, but still easy to read and it has every single important (and less important) detail that you'll ever need to know about meditation.

The bittersweet tragedy of doing really deep consciousness work is that nobody else will understand or know your greatest achievements. Only you can know.

There are no problems - only opportunities.